Valreth - Chapter 3
The forest was thick, but the swarms of bugs that couldn't bite and thorny plants that couldn't prick were of no concern to Valreth. His mind was occupied instead with thoughts of the venomous snakes and spiders he'd read of that could spit their venom...
Valreth - Chapter 2
Before the morning of the next day, the nicknames had already started to spread; The Adamantine Wolf, The Wolf with the Armored Pelt. Some called him Mithralfur or The Adamantine Fist, though he wasn't a fan of the latter and preferred the grandeur of...
Uplink
January 03, Earth Year 2224 AD Rilica was the first android-built city on Earth, but as old as it was, its design was still a marvel. The shining buildings were constructed from alloys nearly as strong as Ami was and her core actually warmed with...
Session 1: Hired
The lizardfolk city of Tokiv Mior was bustling with midday activity as four individuals made their way through the streets, the crowd a shifting sea of green scales that flowed along the paved stone streets, patrons moving into and out of buildings,...
Xavia: Part 3
The shower was nice, but her mind was running in circles, going haywire thinking about everything. The deathclaw, the strange mutation, the stupid gate. She should never have survived. How the fuck _did _she survive? She leaned against the wall of...
SplitSim 2
Shade and Rayne were hanging out in the cockpit, relaxing, and Ami was in her own head—literally—tinkering with the SplitSim program, making gestures and motions as she interacted with a UI neither of them could see. "I think I've refined the...
The Quiver
Cobalt sighed as she sank into her chair, looking at the items she had gathered together on her workbench. She had everything she needed. Now, it was just a matter of getting it to mesh together perfectly. She could almost see it come together in her...
Xavia: Part 2
The steps were growing closer. Closer. The ground started to shake. She grabbed the monitor, the old joints of the adjustable arm from which it dangled squeaking loudly in protest. She saw it on the screen, distant, but hulking. A gasp slipped free of...
Chapter 4: Beneficial Mutations
Chapter 4: Beneficial Mutations _Perspective: Daniel_ I was admittedly nervous. Also, this little meeting spot I had set up wasn’t nearly as cool as I thought it would be. The back alley of Vitali’s smelled like burnt bread, rotten...
Part IV: Unity
Ash stared, stunned. It had been so long since she'd seen anyone and here she was staring at an anthro wolf of all things. She blinked, made sure he was real, took in every detail. He was covered in black fur and muscle, and that was covered in...
Chapter 3: Community
Chapter 3: Community _Perspective: Eddie_ The bus stop stank. More than usual, I mean. My heightened sense of smell wasn’t helping. It was the first time I had been out in public in awhile. Security measures at the lab had relaxed a bit...
Fear
Ami typically didn't mind the waiting, but these last 10 hours, 24 minutes, 39 seconds, and 22 milliseconds had been insufferable. She sat in the cockpit, silently cursing the human-made cargo ship she was piloting, wishing she had remembered to...